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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:39:50 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Runas command in cygwin
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On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 05:56:26AM -0700, jeffwang wrote:
>I tried to use "runas" command in cygwin to run a program as another
>user.  It failed and didn't wait me to type the password.
>
>Any help?

runas is likely a native windows program which doesn't understand
Cygwin's ptys as used by mintty.

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